Car-seat



U. SMITH.

CAR SEAT.

(No Model.)

Patented Mar. 8, 1887.

BY Mm ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES- M N. PETERS, Plwwuum m hw, Washmgien, 0.1:,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

URIAH SMITH, OF BATTLE GREEK, MICHIGAN.

CAR-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,036 dated March 8, 1887.

Application filed June 26, i886.

, To all whovn itvnay concern.-

Beit known that I, URIAH SMITH, of Battle Creek, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Gar-Seat, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to reversible seats for railway-cars or other vehicles, and has for its object to provide a simple, strong, and readilyadjustable seat of this character.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts of the car-seat, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the car-seat at its outer end, and indicates in dotted lines the movements of the seat-back and head-rest while being reversed. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the opposite end of the seat, partly broken away and in section. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the car-seat, partly broken away and in section, and a portion of the side wall of the car, also in section; and Fig. 4 is a front view of the car-seat and a vertical section of part of the side wall of the car.

The car-seat frame A, which is or may be upholstered at a, is supported by opposite end legs, 13 B, to and between which the usual tilting foot-rest, G, is or may be pivoted.

The opposite end arms,'D D, of the car-seat rise from the ends of the seat-frame A, and to these arms are pivoted at e e the one end of links E E, the other ends of which are fastened to the opposite ends of the seat-back F, which may be reversed by swinging it on the pivots e e in the usual way.

To opposite ends of the seat-back F are pivoted, by pins 9, and preferably to the metal links E, the metal bars G G, to the upper ends of which are fixed the head-rest H, which extends the full length of the back F, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. I propose to make the back F a little narrower than usual, so that the head-rest may be made sufficiently wide toinsure comfort to the passengers, and at the same time the back and head-rest will require little, if any, more expensive fabric to cover the upholstery on them than the ordinary car-seat Serial No. 5106.310. (N0 model.)

having no head-rest. The arrangement of the seat, its back, and the head-rest admit of producing striking effects in their upholstery coverings and in harmony with theinterior fittings and finish of the car.

The lower ends, 9, of the head-rest bars G extend downward from the bar-pivots, and are adapted to rest on the seat-bottom frame A,

end of a tie-bar, I, which is bent outward near the pivot and extends forward along the adjacent arm Dof the seat, and is pivoted at i about to the center of the arm, as most clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings.

The operation is as follows: As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the ends 9 of the head-rest bars G rest in the seat-frame recesses a, whereby the head-rest is firmly braced to resist any backward pressure of the passengers heads against it. To reverse the positions of the seatback and head-rest, the back F will be swung over on its pivots e e, and at the same time the head-rest will be swung over by its pivotconnections at g with the seat-back, and the tie-bar I also will be swung over on its pivot '6, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1; and by reason of the pivotal connection of the tie bar with the head-rest arm G ati the headrest bars and headrest will be maintained in 8 a vertical position as the back F turns beneath the head-rest, and the ends of the bars Gas the back F takes its new position-will fall into the notches (t at the other edge or side of the seat-frame A, and the head-rest simply lifting the head-rest and swinging it over to the opposite edge of the seat and placing the ends of the head-rest bars G in the seat-frame notches a or M, depending on the direction of movement of the back and headrest; but the use of the tie-bar Iis preferable,

as the seat-back and head-rest then may be reversed by taking hold of the seat-back, which is heavier than the head-rest, and consequently less strain will be thrown on the pivots of the head-rest bars than when the seat is reversed by taking hold of the head-rest, as above described. Furthermore, the tie-bar I assures the entrance of the ends 9 of the head-rest bars into the notches or recesses a or a of the seat-frame without attention of the operator.

When a passenger leans against the seat back F, the pressure thereon has an effect to lock the head-rest H securely in place, so it cannot be unshipped or displaced by upward pressure of the passengers head on it, and which advantage is not obtained by head-rests having support by pivoted bars on the seat back itself, as will readily be understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a car-seat, the combination, with the seat-bottom frame and its arms, of a reversible back linked pivotally to the arms and a headrest connected pivotally by its supporting-bars the back F, and a head-rest, H, attached to the upper ends of the bars G G, said bars extending below their pivots and adapted to enter the recesses a or a of the seat-frame, substantially as described, for the purposes set forth.

3. In a car-seat, the combination, with the seat-bottom frame and its end arms, a reversible back linked pivotally to the arms, a head-rest connected pivotally by its supporting-bars to the ends of the seat-back, and said head-rest bars extending below their pivots and adapted to bear on the seat-bottom frame, of a tiebar pivoted to the seat -arm and to one of the head-rest bars, substantially as described, for the purposes set forth.

4. In a car-seat, the combination, with the seat-frame A, having recesses (6 a arms D D, a back, F, linked pivotally to the arms,and bars G G, pivoted to the back F, and extending be low the pivots and adapted to enter the seatframe recesses a or a substantially as specified, of a tie-bar, I, pivoted to the seat-arm and to one of the head-rest bars G, substantially as described, for the purposes set forth. 55

URIAH SMITH.

Witnesses:

LEON A. SMITH, CHARLES L. PALMER. 

